Contents pages

Posted by: ejenkinchs on: February 21, 2012

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Looking at contents pages and researching them before I design my own is extremely important, not only the design but it is the second page that a consumer is going to see. It helps them to navigate their way around the magazine to a particualr section that is desired. It allows them to see what is featured on what page, instead of having to flick through all the pages.

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Here Vogue have used quite a standardised contents page, I like the idea of large number which then guide you to relevant page you would like to select to read. The contents page is sectioned off into areas of interest and labelled The cover of this edition and the contents page are both similar colours and therefore consistent. My contents page I would love to use a picture as a background but I don’t know if this would be effective or just make my contents page look far too busy and messy.

 

This contents page is displayed over a double page, allowing much more illustration and text to have a better understanding of whats inside this edition of Glamour magazine. each of their products which they’re advertising and the masthead and the models shirt each identify and correspond the same idea of themes, the orange,reds and yellows bring warmth to the reader. having a colour theme I think is really important even if it’s a consistency with text, this allows easy links to be achieved and a consistent reading pattern, rather than swapping from many different colours and themes which are busy and difficult to read.

Beneath the title and masthead is the website adress for their magazine, and an issue date. this is an important factor as it allows the reader to look further into the brand of magazine and gain further info and gossip online. this is also present on their front cover which gives continuity.

 This contents page caught my with its symmetrical layout, even though Im not doing a double page contents page I really like the centered lines. having titles to catagorise and guide the audience is important as it puts each story and feature to the magazine.